Sunday, November 25, 2007

Chapter 5 Notes 09/25/07

America's Largest trade partner was Britain

War hurts economy

Need new partners during war

France

Britain has a blockade on the ports

Forced America to trade internally

Assumtions of Republicanism

Representative Democracy

Government broken down into state level and federal level

Federal

Executive: Enforces laws

Judiciary: Judge or interpret laws

Legislative: Create laws

Importance of civic virtue

Trust in political organization

Persistent inequality

Social status

State constitutions forming

Strong legislatures, strong executives

Revolution increased religious tolerance

Slavery

Social: Bad 

Economically: Good

Economy bad after Britain gone, slavery needed to save money.

The Confederation

Limited Powers of the National Government

Seperate states working together

Hard to agree on decisions. Strong executive branch helps

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